In the afternoon, Lin Ziran led the First Division and other troops to the Second Division and joined the Second Division and other troops.

But at this time, the cavalry of the Hexi Army had already left, and they were not stupid, seeing that the main force of the Southern Navy had already built a defensive line, and at the same time was attacked by the enemy's cavalry and artillery in the morning, realizing the crisis, they evacuated directly in the morning.

But this is no longer the time they can walk if they want to.

As soon as they left on their front feet, more than 7,000 cavalry of the Southern Navy had already chased after them!

After catching up, they did not rush up with their sabers to slash, but instead used rear-loading rifled guns to shoot at a distance from a distance, and occasionally found an opportunity to deploy a few light 75-mm rifled guns in advance to fire a burst of rapid fire.

In the evening of the same day, the Hexi cavalry on the opposite side couldn't help but launch a counterattack, trying to kill a horse pistol!

As a result, the pursuing cavalry of the Southern Navy directly mounted their horses and fled, returning fire with rifled rifles as they ran.

So much so that the return rifles of the Hexi cavalry did not succeed, but instead lost hundreds of cavalry.

In the evening, the generals of the Hexi Army found that after the two days of contact, they had not fought any regular battles with the Southern Navy, but the loss of personnel had exceeded 1,000 people.

This casualty ratio, they themselves are numb in the scalp!

In the end, Guang'an County, who gritted his teeth and was still a fart, directly took advantage of the night to slip the smoke cannons, and even in order to evacuate quickly, they even destroyed the baggage and artillery that affected the speed and evacuated.

This disappointed Song You, who led the cavalry troops in pursuit!

This is the first time that he Song You has led a cavalry of several thousand people to fight, but he didn't fight much before and after, but only opened a few small-scale attack battles, and as a result, the other party ran away directly with oil on the soles of his feet.

Originally, he was counting on taking down this Hexi cavalry, making a strong mark on his military merit book, and laying the foundation for his subsequent role as the commander of the cavalry division.

At present, the number of cavalry in the South Korean Navy is nearly 30,000, and in addition to the cavalry regiments under the division, there are five cavalry brigades in the army and two cavalry brigades that are being reorganized.

Before the Northern Expedition, there were already rumors within the Southern Navy that it was going to prepare for the establishment of a larger cavalry unit with independent combat capability, that is, a cavalry division.

The intention is to use two or three cavalry brigades as the core, with artillery regiments and baggage regiments with rapid mobility capabilities, to form a cavalry division capable of independent operations.

As a veteran cavalry general in the Southern Navy, Song You has a great chance to become the commander of this cavalry division, but he is not the only cavalry general in the Southern Navy.

There is still competition that Song You faces, such as Zhou Yuanjie, the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade, who is also highly valued by Lin Ziran, the state commander.

So even if his chances of winning are already very large, Song You still wants to make greater achievements and completely decide this matter.

It's a pity that the Hexi cavalry on the opposite side did not give him this opportunity.

In the face of the Hexi cavalry who fled quickly, Song You had no choice even if he was unwilling.

Without the disturbance of the Hexi cavalry, there would be no suspense about the follow-up of the Southern Navy going north.

Only two days later, a regiment of the forward troops of the Second Division had already appeared on the outskirts of Guang'an City, and in the afternoon of the same day, the main forces of the Second Division had already gathered on the outskirts of Guang'an City.

At the same time, part of the troops of the 1st and 5th Divisions also arrived the next day, and a large number of artillery and baggage were transported directly by ship to Guang'an City.

From the day after arriving on the outskirts of Guang'an, the 2nd Division had already begun an experimental assault on the city.

By the third day, Lin Ziran had personally commanded more than 40,000 main forces to storm the city.

Although Du Zhikuan was very unwilling, with the last more than 10,000 troops in his hands, he could not hold Guang'an City at all.

After only holding out for two days, many of his troops had already surrendered directly in front of the battle......

In battles between feudal towns, if the weaker side sees no hope of victory and suffers heavy casualties, it often does not resist stubbornly.

Even those high-ranking generals want to resist stubbornly, but the middle and low-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers are not willing.

After all, this is only a civil war, strictly speaking, it is just a war for the territory of the feudal towns, and for these middle and low-level officers and ordinary soldiers, joining the army is just a profession to support their families, and they basically lack the belief to fight to the death.

At this point, the South Navy side is much better!

The ideological education course carried out by Lin Ziran has achieved a certain degree of success, and many of the young officers he has trained are fighting with the conviction of fighting for the reunification of Nanhai Prefecture and the reunification of Daheng.

To a certain extent, the Southern Navy under Lin Ziran already has a certain initial belief, and this belief is not a certain doctrine, but a country and a nation.

And this has brought a great layer of combat effectiveness to the South Navy.

On the other hand, the Guang'an Army on the opposite side did not have a similar combat belief at all, and it was reasonable to surrender when the war was not going well.

As a large number of troops were defeated or even surrendered, Du Zhikuan also knew that he could not do anything, he thought about running away, but finally decided to surrender.

Because Lin Ziran sent someone to spread the word, as long as Du Zhikuan ordered the whole county to surrender, then Lin Ziran would ensure that he would be rich and prosperous all his life, and even give him an idle pension, while also allowing him to keep a certain amount of private property.

At this time, this condition is already very good, Du Zhikuan's fiasco is already a foregone conclusion, the reason why Lin Ziran still prescribes these conditions is just to avoid more casualties among his soldiers, and also to better accept the entire Guang'an County.

If he doesn't accept surrender and chooses to run away, he won't be able to take many troops with him, which also means that he can't go to other places to grab territory and continue to be a feudal town in the future, he can only be a rich man.

Since they are all rich men, it is better to choose to keep their private property and become rich after surrendering.

As for whether Lin Ziran will regret it and kill him after he surrenders, there is no need to worry at all.

Lin Ziran has reached this point, and he can't talk about making a constitution, but that is what he says, and he will definitely not return easily, which is related to his personality charm and prestige.

So in the end, Du Zhikuan ordered the whole army to surrender!

This surrender order refers not only to the surrender of the troops in Gwangan Castle, but also to the surrender of other counties and towns within the county.

When Du Zhikuan announced his surrender, Lin Ziran also met Du Zhikuan in person, but it was just a routine, and Lin Ziran was not curious about Du Zhikuan.

Just see each other and send it away.

Du Zhikuan was also simply accepted, and after accepting the vacant position of the senior adviser of the General Staff Office and the lieutenant secretary of the army given to him by Lin Ziran on the spot, he directly called himself an adult and regarded himself as a subordinate.

The next day, Du Zhikuan took his family, under the protection of the guards who were actually supervisors, and went directly south by boat to Luohai City to be his rich man.

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